The National Archives Foundation is an independent non-profit organization that works to increase public awareness of and showcase the United States National Archives and Records Administration. [1]
• Chair: Governor James J. Blanchard, DLA Piper US, LLP • Vice Chair: Cokie Roberts, Journalist • Vice President: Michael R. Beschloss, Presidential Historian • Vice President: Ken Burns, Florentine Films • Treasurer: Marvin F. Weissberg, Weissberg Foundation • Secretary: Marilynn Wood Hill, Author/Historian • Honey Alexander, Community Leaders • A’Lella Bundles, Author/Journalist • Steven W. Caple, Unity Hunt, Inc. • James Cicconi, Community Leader • Peter Cuneo, Cuneo & Co., LLC • Richard Eliasberg, Prima Management Co. • Nancy Folger, Community Leader • Fruzsina Harsanyi, Consultant • Sharron Hunt, Unity Hunt LLC • Zina Kramer, Events Marketing • Ambassador Fay Hartog Levin, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs • Jon Liebman, Brillstein Entertainment • Kenneth G. Lore, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP • Jacqueline B. Mars, Community Leader • Cappy McGarr, MCM Interests, LLC • Mary C. Moynihan, Perkins Coie, LLP • Lawrence F. O’Brien, III, The OB•C Group, LLC • Soledad O'Brien, Starfish Media Group • Michael Powell, NCTA - The Internet & Television Association • Bruce Ramer, Gang Tyre Ramer and Brown, Inc • Lucinda Robb, Community Leader • Deborah Ratner Salzberg, Forest City Washington • Diana Spencer, William G. McGowan Charitable Fund • Ross Swimmer, Swimmer Group, LLC • Riley Temple, Temple Strategies • Marjorie B. Tiven, Global Cities, Inc. • Linda Davis Watters, John Hancock Services • David E. Weisman, InSite Wireless Group, LLC • Tom Wheeler, Investor • John H. Zentay, DLA Piper US, LLP [2]
James Johnston Blanchard is an American politician, attorney, and former diplomat from Michigan. A Democrat, Blanchard has served in the United States House of Representatives, as the 45th Governor of Michigan, and as United States Ambassador to Canada.
DLA Piper is a multinational law firm with offices in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2014, it had total revenues of US$2.48 billion and average profit per equity partner of US$1.490 million, and was the third largest law firm in the United States as measured by revenue.
The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK), formerly known as the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, is a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental research organization that "seeks to raise awareness about conditions in North Korea and to publish research that focuses the world’s attention on human rights abuses in that country."
The Burton Awards program is held in association with the Library of Congress, presented by lead sponsor Law360, and co-sponsored by the American Bar Association. The awards are generally selected by professors from Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Stanford Law School, and Columbia Law School, among others. Former Chief Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Carol Corrigan of the Supreme Court of California are honorary members on the board of directors. In addition, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, U.S. Senator Michael F. Bennet, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, U.S. Senator Cory Gardner, and U.S. Senator James E. Risch are also honorary members.
Counterpart International (Counterpart) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Since its founding in 1965, Counterpart has established programs and activities in more than 60 countries on six continents.
Membership in the Council on Foreign Relations comes in two types: Individual and Corporate. Individual memberships are further subdivided into two types: Life Membership and Term Membership, the latter of which is for a single period of five years and is available to those between the ages of 30 and 36 at the time of their application. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have applied for U.S. citizenship are eligible. A candidate for life membership must be nominated in writing by one Council member and seconded by a minimum of three others.
The Energy Future Coalition is a nonpartisan public policy initiative that seeks to speed the transition to a new energy economy. Combining expertise and advocacy, the Coalition brings together business, labor, and environmental groups to identify new directions in energy policy with broad political support.
The Big Five law firms is a term informally used in South Africa to refer to those law firms which, collectively, are perceived to be the leading law firms based in South Africa.
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is an American nonprofit, research institution based in Seattle, Washington, with a branch office in Washington, D.C. The organization's mission is to inform and strengthen Asia-Pacific policy. NBR brings together specialists, policymakers, and business leaders to examine economic, strategic, political, globalization, health, and energy issues affecting U.S. relations with East, Central, Southeast and South Asia and Russia. Richard J. Ellings is the current president.
Alan P. Solow, founder of Grover Strategies LLC, is a public affairs consultant, political advisor, not-for-profit activist and former lawyer. He is a former Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and was a national co-chair of the successful 2012 Obama-Biden re-election campaign.
The Saudi Arabia lobby in the United States is a collection of lawyers, public relation firms and professional lobbyists paid directly by the government of Saudi Arabia to lobby the public and government of the United States on behalf of the interests of the government of Saudi Arabia.
The Center on Global Energy Policy is a research center located within the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. The center's director is Jason Bordoff, and it features senior research scholars such as Richard Nephew and Varun Sivaram, as well as visiting fellows and adjunct senior research scholars such as Cheryl LaFleur and Richard Kauffman. The center's stated mission is to "advance smart, actionable and evidence-based energy and climate solutions through research, education and dialogue".
The Bilderberg Conference 2012 took place from May 30 - June 3, 2012 and was held in Westfields Marriott Hotel, Chantilly, Virginia, United States. Previous conferences had already held been there, in 2002 and 2008. Haifa in Israel had previously been proposed as a possible venue for 2012.
The Bilderberg Conference 2011 took place at June 9–12, 2011, and were held in Sankt Moritz, Switzerland at the Suvretta House.
The Powerlist is a list of the 100 most influential people of African or African Caribbean heritage in the United Kingdom. The list is updated annually and has been published in book format by Powerful Media since 2007. The Powerlist is not limited to British-born citizens and includes immigrants to the UK.
The 13th annual Powerlist was judged by a panel chaired by Dame Linda Dobbs and published in October 2019; sponsored by J.P. Morgan & Co., pwc, linklaters and The Executive Leadership Council.
The 14th annual Powerlist was judged by an independent panel and published in November 2020; sponsored by JP Morgan & Co, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Linklaters, Refinitiv, Herman Miller, Facebook and The Executive Leadership Council. The 2021 Powerlist came in a year in which public debate on racial injustice had increased, with the Black Lives Matter movement and global protests against police brutality. Therefore, chief executive Michael Eboda decided that the 14th Powerlist would honour those who have used their voice to advocate against racial injustice. Furthermore, the rankings highlighted the work of healthcare professionals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which also resulted in the awards being held virtually on November 17, 2020 and were hosted by Kwame Kwei-Armah. The event was held in partnership with JP Morgan & Co who announced they would invest £2 million in support to London non-profit organisations headed by black and minority ethnic leaders. The independent panel of judges named Sir Lewis Hamilton as the most influential due to both his sporting excellence and his advocacy in light of the BLM movement; additional highlights of the Top 10 included Prof. Kevin Fenton for and Dame Donna Kinnair for their work fighting against COVID-19.